Further information on the reduction of micropollutants in wastewater

Here we provide links to relevant articles and offer summaries of studies on micropollutants and its reduction from wastewater. We also discuss solutions and issues such as cost of removing pharmaceutical residue. New content will be added every month. Please feel free to comment or provide more information in any discussion.

Yang et al. (2011) followed the removal of 19 PPCPs over a period of 12 months in a wastewater reclamation facility in Georgia, USA. Following membrane and GAC filtration, ozonation was employed as a final treatment step of the biologically-treated effluent.

Lee et al. (2012) investigated the efficiency of ozonation followed by biofiltration in removing pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from a pilot-scale MBR at a WWTP in Albuquerque, NM, USA.